Death and taxes.

abstract：:Five of 70 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus seen over a 5-year period had peripheral blood films suggestive of hyposplenism. Technetium-99m-sulfur colloid scans showed no splenic activity in three patients. One of these three patients, who had a spontaneous remission of persistent thrombocytopenia concurrent...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Dillon AM,Stein HB,English RA

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the survival time and costs of therapy for patients with end-stage renal disease. A computer simulation model of the current system was constructed to estimate the cost-effectiveness of home and center hemodialysis and live related as well as cadaver donor renal transplantation. Analysis of the simulation ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Roberts SD,Maxwell DR,Gross TL

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Triplex vaccine was developed to enhance cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific T cells and prevent CMV reactivation early after hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT). Objective:To determine the safety and efficacy of Triplex. Design:First-in-patient, phase 2 trial. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02506933). Setting:3...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Aldoss I,La Rosa C,Baden LR,Longmate J,Ariza-Heredia EJ,Rida WN,Lingaraju CR,Zhou Q,Martinez J,Kaltcheva T,Dagis A,Hardwick N,Issa NC,Farol L,Nademanee A,Al Malki MM,Forman S,Nakamura R,Diamond DJ,TRIPLEX VACCINE St

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With suspected deep venous thrombosis and normal results on proximal vein ultrasonography, a negative d-dimer result may exclude thrombosis and a positive D-dimer result may be an indication for venography. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate and compare the safety of 2 diagnostic strategies for deep venous thrombosis. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kearon C,Ginsberg JS,Douketis J,Crowther MA,Turpie AG,Bates SM,Lee A,Brill-Edwards P,Finch T,Gent M

更新日期：2005-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:It is currently unknown whether intensive insulin treatment of diabetes decreases the risk for cardiovascular complications by lowering glucose levels or increases the risk by postulated direct atherogenic effects. This article reviews published data from two long-term, randomized clinical trials that compared ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Genuth S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Important historical changes have occurred both in the content of the periodic health examination and in the legitimacy with which this examination has been viewed. These changes reflect fundamental shifts in the objectives of the examination and in the concerns of its advocates, the most prominent of whom have been p...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Han PK

更新日期：1997-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Expert groups, including the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), recommend a range of clinical preventive services for persons at average risk for disease. Use of these services often is substantially lower among racial and ethnic minority groups, rural residents, and persons of lower socioeconomic status. O...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Carey TS,Bekemeier B,Campos-Outcalt D,Koch-Weser S,Millon-Underwood S,Teutsch S

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain death has been discussed extensively for the last 25 years. Most investigators now believe that requiring death of the entire brain as the criterion for brain death in the Uniform Determination of Death Act and the standard clinical tests of brain death outlined in the Report of the Medical Consultants to the Pr...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Halevy A,Brody B

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Delirium is a common and distressing symptom that constitutes a significant challenge for end-of-life care. However, reliable techniques are available for the diagnosis of delirium, and effective therapies exist as well. This consensus paper uses a case-based format that begins with an overview of the definition and p...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Casarett DJ,Inouye SK,American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel.

更新日期：2001-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk for and determinants of transmission of tuberculosis in hospitals caring for moderate numbers of patients with tuberculosis remain uncertain. OBJECTIVE:To study the association of tuberculin conversion among health care workers with ventilation of patient care areas. DESIGN:Cross-sectional observa...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Menzies D,Fanning A,Yuan L,FitzGerald JM

更新日期：2000-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Many prognostic models for cardiovascular risk can be used to estimate aspirin's absolute benefits, but few bleeding risk models are available to estimate its likely harms. Objective:To develop prognostic bleeding risk models among persons in whom aspirin might be considered for the primary prevention of ca...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Selak V,Jackson R,Poppe K,Wu B,Harwood M,Grey C,Pylypchuk R,Mehta S,Kerr A,Wells S

更新日期：2019-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the distribution of and risk factors for colonization and infection with vancomycin-resistant enterococci; to evaluate the molecular epidemiology of these strains; and to assess the effect of interventions, including 1) strict adherence to infection control procedures and 2) restricted use of va...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Morris JG Jr,Shay DK,Hebden JN,McCarter RJ Jr,Perdue BE,Jarvis W,Johnson JA,Dowling TC,Polish LB,Schwalbe RS

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Polysaccharide vaccines against diseases caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A and C meningococci are now licensed in the United States. They are prepared as monovalent and as bivalent antigens. This statement summarizes available information on these antigen and offers guidance regarding their role in the con...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma, the second commonest solid tumor in children, is a neoplasm of the peripheral autonomic nervous system that usually occurs before children are 6 years old. Therapy of localized tumor (clinical stage I and II) and of a special form of metastatic tumor (clinical stage IV-S) is usually successful, but trea...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Seeger RC,Siegel SE,Sidell N

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1970, forty-two patients with pulmonary hypertension due to chronic, thromboembolic obstruction of the major pulmonary arteries have had pulmonary thromboendarterectomy at the University of California, San Diego, and the San Diego Veterans Medical Centers. Duration of symptoms before admission averaged 4.4 years...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Moser KM,Daily PO,Peterson K,Dembitsky W,Vapnek JM,Shure D,Utley J,Archibald C

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between June 1980 and September 1981 we evaluated 24 cases of endocarditis from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. All of the cases occurred in drug addicts and all were community-acquired. The patients ranged in age from 21 to 59 years and represented an older population than that generally reported for bac...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Levine DP,Cushing RD,Jui J,Brown WJ

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous meta-analyses demonstrated that high-dose glucocorticoids were not beneficial in sepsis. Recently, lower-dose glucocorticoids have been studied. PURPOSE:To compare recent trials of glucocorticoids for sepsis with previous glucocorticoid trials. DATA SOURCES:Systematic MEDLINE search for studies pu...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Minneci PC,Deans KJ,Banks SM,Eichacker PQ,Natanson C

更新日期：2004-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：SOURCE CITATION:Cao B, Wang Y, Wen D, et al. A trial of lopinavir-ritonavir in adults hospitalized with severe Covid-19. N Engl J Med. 2020;382:1787-99. 32187464. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Yang P,Tekwani S,Martin GS

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicine has long sought to match diagnostic and treatment approaches to the particular needs and risks of individual patients. The decreasing cost and increasing ease of genetic sequencing have propelled the rise of precision medicine. Precision medicine aims to use genetic and other information to provide care tailo...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kiryluk K,Goldstein DB,Rowe JW,Gharavi AG,Wapner R,Chung WK

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cost-utility analysis is a type of cost-effectiveness analysis in which health effects are measured in terms of quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) gained. Such analyses have become popular for examining the health and economic consequences of health and medical interventions, and they have been recommended by ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Neumann PJ,Stone PW,Chapman RH,Sandberg EA,Bell CM

更新日期：2000-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 90-90-90 global treatment target aims to achieve 73% virologic suppression among HIV-infected persons worldwide by 2020. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the clinical and economic value of reaching this ambitious goal in South Africa, by using a microsimulation m...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Walensky RP,Borre ED,Bekker LG,Resch SC,Hyle EP,Wood R,Weinstein MC,Ciaranello AL,Freedberg KA,Paltiel AD

更新日期：2016-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In two patients with thyroiditis caused by Coccidioides immitis, presented thyroid symptoms and findings were characteristic of subacute thyroiditis. Fine needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid proved useful in establishing the diagnosis of coccidioidomycosis. This is the first report of coccidioidomycosis presenting...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Loeb JM,Livermore BM,Wofsy D

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women comprise more than one third of the active physician workforce, an estimated 46% of all physicians-in-training, and more than half of all medical students in the United States. Although progress has been made toward gender diversity in the physician workforce, disparities in compensation exist and inequities hav...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Butkus R,Serchen J,Moyer DV,Bornstein SS,Hingle ST,Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians.

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the commonest cause of death from cancer in both men and women, with approximately 152,000 new cases and 139,000 deaths in 1988. The incidence and mortality rates are increasing rapidly in women. Two main tests have been used to screen for lung cancer: chest roentgenography and sputum cytology. Four rec...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Eddy DM

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasodilator drugs were initially administered to patients with primary pulmonary hypertension based on the unproven hypothesis that pulmonary vasoconstriction played an important role in the pathogenesis of the disease. There were early reports of hemodynamic and clinical improvement after treatment with various vasod...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Packer M

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for 6 weeks achieves sustained virologic response (SVR) rates of 95% in some patients. If effective, shorter therapeutic courses could improve adherence and treatment costs. OBJECTIVE:To determine factors predictive ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kohli A,Kattakuzhy S,Sidharthan S,Nelson A,McLaughlin M,Seamon C,Wilson E,Meissner EG,Sims Z,Silk R,Gross C,Akoth E,Tang L,Price A,Jolley TA,Emmanuel B,Proschan M,Teferi G,Chavez J,Abbott S,Osinusi A,Mo H,Poli

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) remains prevalent in hospitals in the United States. Objective:To evaluate the impact of a multimodal intervention in hospitals with elevated rates of health care-associated infection. Design:Pre-post observational evaluation of a prospective, national...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Patel PK,Greene MT,Jones K,Rolle AJ,Ratz D,Snyder A,Saint S,Chopra V

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the detection of tuberculostearic acid (TBSA) in bronchial aspirate and bronchoalveolar lavage specimens is useful for the rapid diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis in patients suspected of having the disease. SETTING:A pulmonary clinic in a teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Forty pati...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Pang JA,Chan HS,Chan CY,Cheung SW,French GL

更新日期：1989-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Corticosteroid injections (CSIs) and physical therapy are used to treat patients with the shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) but have never been directly compared. OBJECTIVE:To compare the effectiveness of 2 common nonsurgical treatments for SIS. DESIGN:Randomized, single-blind, comparative-effectiveness,...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rhon DI,Boyles RB,Cleland JA

更新日期：2014-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1978 and 1985, the number of active internists in the United States increased from 64,000 to 91,000, and by 1998 the number will have increased to 141,000. This growth represents an increase of 121% for a 20-year period, during which time the population of the United States is expected to increase only 19%. Th...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kletke PR,Schleiter MK,Tarlov AR

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00